Karl Friedrich von Beckwith
Karl Friedrich von Beckwith (* 1712 ; † 1787 ) was a Prussian major general and chief of Infantry Regiment No. 48 .
Life
Military career
Beckwith came to the continent with the English Legion. In 1757 he was Colonel and Commander of the 20th British Infantry Regiment (William Kingsley) in the Allied Army under the Duke of Brunswick. During the Seven Years' War he took part with the Legion in the Battle of Minden . In 1760 he became the commander of a grenadier brigade made up of mountain bulkheads . In 1762 he was then commander of the Légion Britannique . In 1762 he submitted an application to join the Prussian Army , which was granted on December 29, 1762. On April 28, 1763 Beckwith became major general with a patent from April 28, 1760 and also chief of Infantry Regiment No. 48 in Wesel . Dismissed from Prussian service in June 1766, he returned to Scotland as he owned land at Stanford Rivers , Essex and Epping Forest .
family
Beckwith married Janet Wishart (of Pittarow) on June 8, 1750 (* 1729; † July 28, 1827) and later became brother-in-law of Philipp von Westphalen . The couple had several sons who served in the army, including:
- George (1753 - March 20, 1823), governor of Bermuda
- Ferdinand Amalie Fairfax (born June 26, 1764; † 1805), Brigadier General
- Wilhelm Georg Heinrich (born September 3, 1765; † 1844) ⚭ 1806 Sophia Maria Johanna Ewing († 1867)
- John (* 1751) ⚭ Mary Halliburton
- Thomas Sydney (1770-1831)
- ⚭ Clementina Laughman († 1815)
- ⚭ 1817 Mary Douglas († 1841) daughter of William Douglas (4th Baronet of Kelhead)
- Jessie (1773-1776)
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 530, no. 537.
- Anton Balthasar König : Karl Friedrich von Beckwith . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military people . tape I . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 116 ( Karl Friedrich von Beckwitz in the Google book search).
Web links
- John Beckwith at familysearch.org
- Graves of the Beckwith family
- Geneanet.org family tree
- Sir George Beckwith (son)
- Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith (son)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Beckwith, Karl Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beckwith, Carl Friedrich; Beckwith, John; Beckwith, Carl Frederic von; Beckwith, Carl Frederic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Commander of the Legion Britanique, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 48 in Wesel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1712 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1787 |